Questioning library neutrality
Subtitle: essays from Progressive librarian
By: edited by Alison Lewis.
Contributors: Lewis, Alison M., 1959-
Publisher: Library Juice Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Duluth, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780977861774
Subjects: Libraries and society; Library science -- Political aspects; Library science -- Social aspects; Library science -- Moral and ethical aspects; Librarians -- Professional ethics; Libraries -- Censorship
Other titles: Progressive librarian.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Alison Lewis; title: Politics and anti-politics in librarianship / by Mark Rosenzweig; title: Corporate inroads in librarianship : the fight for the soul of the profession in the new millenium / by Peter Mcdonald; title: Librarianship and resistance / by Sandy Iverson; title: A few gates redux : an examination of the social responsibilities debate in the early 1970s and 1990s / by Steven Joyce; title: Activist librarianship : heritage or heresy? / by Ann Sparanese; title: The myth of the neutral professional / by Robert Jensen; title: Information criticism : where is it? / by Jack Andersen; title: Towards self-reflection in librarianship : what is praxis? / by John J. Doherty; title: The professional is political : redefining the social role of public libraries / by Shiraz Durrani and Elizabeth Smallwood; title: The hottest place in hell : the crisis of neutrality in contemporary librarianship / by Joseph Good.